squireling

English

Etymology

From squire +‎ -ling.

Noun

squireling (plural squirelings)

1. A minor squire.
   • 1855, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page)”, in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, part MAUD:

     Our ponderous squire will give
     A grand political dinner
     To half the squirelings near

References

• “squireling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.